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 If you are like us, the only kind of filing you like to do comes with a manicurist. So the good news is you officially have two extra days to procrastinate this tax year.
April 15 is a Sunday. And Monday, April 16, is Emancipation Day, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia. So you got until the 17. How to use the extra time wisely? If your refund is already spent to pay off—or maybe just make a dent on—a pile of debts, check out Benjamin Bankes (www.feedthepig.org), the human piggy bank and symbol of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He’s even got a MySpace (www.myspace.com/benjaminbankes) trying to reach people who spend unnecessarily. Isn’t that everyone we know? Next, hop on the website for the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, (www.moneymattersnj.com) and poke around. There are some great tax tips, and if you have a personal or family crisis, you may get free financial help. Military personnel abroad and their spouses qualify. Click on the link for CPA Help Center. Speaking of free… The AARP is holding an all-day seminar next Thursday at the Newark Public Library, the last of a series with free tax help for seniors and low income library patrons. The link is www.npl.org/Pages/InternetResources/SubjectGuides/tax.html. Then, there’s Meira Findel of East Brunswick (www.onestepaccounting.net) who has taken accounting to a whole new level of creativity. If you want a place to drop off your tax forms,and pick them up a week later, don’t book Meira. If you’d like to have a cup of tea, and cozy chat with a friend, she’s your gal. Meira calls herself a holistic accountant. She’s a spiritual healer, cares about your financial health, your mental health, and your physical well being. She’ll do your books and your back—with a massage—and talk to you about the holistic health fair she’s organizing. Writing that check to the IRS won’t be quite as painful when she finishes with you. Now, about that manicure?
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